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CPS Skyline Professional Learning, SY25
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Skyline 101
If it was not possible for you to attend a Skyline 101 session this summer, Year 1 Skyline-adopting teachers should complete the Skyline Essentials Badges HERE and register for Unit Internalization sessions, where we’ll be sure that you get the support you need to get started!

Unit Internalization for Year 1 Skyline Adopters
Plan for successful implementation of the upcoming Skyline unit, including support for students with disabilities and multilingual learners, and using assessments and the Checkpoint platform effectively. Unit internalization is highly recommended for teachers and coaches new to Skyline. During these sessions you will:
  • Study the unit to deeply understand (1) the big ideas students are expected to learn, (2) the arc of learning over the unit, and (3) how students will be assessed summatively and formatively along the way
  • Tailor instruction to meet the needs of students with unfinished learning, students with disabilities, and multilingual learners
  • Internalize the instructional practice shifts embedded in the curriculum by experiencing a lesson immersion
Unit Planning for Year 2+ Skyline Adopters
Returning Skyline teachers are invited to attend 2-hour, in-person Unit Planning sessions. These sessions are designed for those with at least one year of Skyline experience in their content area. You will:
  • Engage with the Unit Internalization Protocol in a lightly-facilitated space
  • Collaborate with other district teachers and T&L content specialists
Skyline Essentials Badges
Self-paced professional learning essential for those who are implementing and/or supporting the implementation of Skyline. Courses include how to navigate Skyline, plan and teach lessons and administer assessments using the Skyline digital learning ecosystem. The Navigating, Planning, Teaching, and Assessing 1&2 badges are required for new Skyline adopting teachers. Access Skyline Essential Badges HERE!  

Payment / Credit Hours
Teachers will receive CPDUs and will be paid 1 non-instructional hour for each Skyline Essentials badge completed. Teachers will receive CPDUs for attending PL sessions. Eligibile staff will also be compensated at the non-instructional rate per hour for their attendance at Skyline PL sessions that occur outside of regularly contracted hours.  Teachers must be fully contracted and onboarded at the time of the session, attend the full duration of the session, and complete the attendance/exit slip form to receive payment and CPDUs. Please find more payment information in the Skyline Payment One-Pager.
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Wednesday, September 18
 

9:00am CDT

Unit 1 Internalization - Pre-K Supplemental
Wednesday September 18, 2024 9:00am - 3:00pm CDT
This session will support pre-K staff who are opting in to use this track of Skyline supplemental resources (ELA, Math, Science, and Social Science). During this session, participants will unpack a Creative Curriculum investigation from the Trees study and a Skyline Science lesson to better understand how the two can be infused. 

This is not a Pre-K Foundational Literacy Skills (PKFS) or Pre-K Spanish Literacy Skills (ALE) session.

OECE will provide funds for sub coverage for pre-K teachers attending district-led Skyline PL during the school day. A Skyline Payment one-pager and bucket number will be distributed at the session for teachers to share with their clerks.

Speakers
avatar for Crystal Williamson

Crystal Williamson

Professional Learning Specialist, Chicago Public Schools
Crystal Williamson has been in the field of Early Childhood Education for over 30 years. She earned a B.A. in Early Childhood Education and M.Ed. in both Educational Leadership and Curriculum & Instruction. Crystal has dedicated her career to children as a teacher, instructional coach... Read More →
avatar for Toni Galassini

Toni Galassini

Professional Learning Specialist, Office of Early Childhood Education
Toni is a Professional Learning Specialist in the Office of Early Childhood with Chicago Public Schools. She has over 30 years of experience in the classroom and at the district level. Through district-level professional learning, she develops the capacities of educators to build... Read More →
Wednesday September 18, 2024 9:00am - 3:00pm CDT
Colman School - CPS Administrative Office - Room 213

4:00pm CDT

World Language-Activating & Assigning Assessments
Wednesday September 18, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
This will be a hands-on opportunity to practice activating and assigning Skyline World Language French and Spanish assessments in Skyline. 
Speakers
avatar for Desiree Roffers

Desiree Roffers

World Language Specialist, Chicago Public Schools
Hello! Bonjour! Hola! I am a World Language Specialist and Mentor Teacher in Chicago Public SchoolsI. I was also a French teacher for 15 years, I have taught every grade level preschool through adults over my teaching carreer. I love collaborating and supporting other educators! When... Read More →
avatar for Janet Granados

Janet Granados

World Language Specialist, Chicago Public Schools
avatar for Amy Hammerand

Amy Hammerand

World Language Specialist, Chicago Public Schools
Wednesday September 18, 2024 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Virtual

4:30pm CDT

Virtual: Session 1: Introduction to Skyline ELA Foundational Skills
Wednesday September 18, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm CDT


Speakers
avatar for Priscilla Herrada

Priscilla Herrada

6-12 Literacy Manager - Dept of Literacy, Chicago Public Schools
avatar for Tanya Holliday

Tanya Holliday

Elementary Literacy Specialist, Chicago Public Schools
avatar for Fantasia Jackson

Fantasia Jackson

Elementary Literacy Specialist, Chicago Public Schools
Wednesday September 18, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
Virtual
  ELA, K-5
 


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